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Global Warming - The End is not too far.........

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Global warming is the increase in the average temperature of the Earth's near-surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. The global average air temperature near the Earth's surface rose 0.74 ± 0.18 °C during the 100 year period ending in 2005, which is higher than the earlier estimate of 0.6 ± 0.2 °C for the period ending in 2000. Most studies focus on the period up to 2100, warming and sea level rise are expected to continue for more than a millennium.Increasing global temperature will cause sea level to rise, and is expected to increase the intensity of extreme weather events and to change the amount and pattern of precipitation. Other effects of global warming include changes in agricultural yields, trade routes, glacier retreat, species extinctions and increases in the ranges of disease vectors. The detailed causes of the recent warming remain an active field of research, but the scientific consensus identifies elevated levels of greenhouse gas...